Over the past few years our community has invested time, energy, and enthusiasm in shaping a clear vision for the future. Through the Community Action Plan consultation in 2021, residents identified the priorities that mattered most: improved sport and recreation facilities, safer road infrastructure, better local services and development that genuinely enhances quality of life.
Those priorities reflect what people told us they wanted for Auchterarder and Aberuthven – a community that grows in a balanced, sustainable way and that puts the needs of existing residents at its heart.
How would more housing fit into this?
PKC are currently undertaking work to explore Local Development Plan 3 - the "blueprint" for development over the next ten years. As part of the consultation they carried out a "call for sites" process, whereby people could note areas to be considered during the planning process.
Since the launch of the CAP in 2022, we have highlighted to PKC, and had conversations with our local councillors and our community council reiterating the views highlighted in the Community Action Plan consultation - talking about retaining our valued green spaces, concerns about how the dilution of the A9 infrastructure will have a negative affect on our town as well as reducing the potential safety improvement that a proper grade separated junction could bring. We also submitted Kincardine Fields site for consideration in the Call for Sites process as it is an area of land noted in the Community Action Plan.
The call for sites map highlights the potential for a significant number of extra houses:
None of these plans are certain yet but processes are underway to explore whether they should happen.
Its worth noting that under the current local development plan, there are still many more houses already with planning approval, yet to be built.
The original Community Action Plan made it clear that people feel additional housing should be linked to real investment in infrastructure. Residents were promised improved sports and leisure facilities, safer roads, and better connectivity. Yet many of these commitments remain unfulfilled.
The Community Action Plan was created to give residents a strong collective voice. It set out what mattered to us then, and those priorities still matter now.
We encourage everyone to revisit the original Community Action Plan, consider the new proposals, and take part in the conversation with our Community council and with our Councillors. The future of our towns should be shaped by the people who live here.
Contact your local councillor: https://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/15505/Find-your-local-councillor
Community Council meetings are held on the last Thursday of most months. 7pm in the Aytoun Hall.
Read more about the LDP3 process here: https://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/21830/Emerging-Local-Development-Plan-LDP3
Read about the Courier comment on the A9 ruling here: https://perth-kinross.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=a440444117614cbb89786f2db9430be9
And a reminder of the Community Action Plan: https://aandaconnected.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/CAP-2021-2027-web.pdf